Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Peter Woods:

If we look at the LNG terminal for example, there was a political debate on that. Some people believe we need a terminal to bring in the gas and store it in this country and some people do not. That is what our programmes are doing. They reflect the political reality or the debate that is happening in the country at a given time. The Deputy used the words "so-called experts" earlier. If a person is on a programme, on their own and there is no other viewpoint given, the presenter is expected to act as the devil's advocate and put the opposite view in those situations. What we do and how we make programmes are very clear on that.

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